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In theory a third party could spring up with the singular goal of fixing democracy by doing away with gerrymandering, instituting proportional representation, a
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
In theory a third party could spring up with the singular goal of fixing democracy by doing away with gerrymandering, instituting proportional representation, and removing overreaching executive powers and probably do well enough to get some movement towards those ends from the other parties if nothing else. They could all promise to resign and hold new elections once their goals are met and to not vote on anything else. Throw federally legalized pot in there if they really want to clinch support.
- GLGirty 4y agoLawrence Lessig attempted this, raising over $1M dollars with a kickstarter campaign. So successful that only polysci nerds remember. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harvard-professor-larry-lessig-running-president/story?id=33568066 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harvard-professor-larry-less...
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoLessig was going to step down and put his Vice President in power, who would explicitly be a Democrat. That's not going to get broad appeal even if the whole effort was marketed correctly. And I'm not talking about just president, but congress as well. Get as many people as possible into as many offices as possible with this goal.